Two routers on the same subnet

I have a Verizon DSL connection. I am trying to have two routers working on the same subnet. The two routers are Linksys RVS4000 and the Netgear WGR614 v7. The IP address for the Linksys router is 10.0.0.* and that of the Netgear is 192.168.0.*. I would like to have the Linksys router to provide the DHCP support. What would be the addressing scheme for the two routers. We have a static Ip address scheme with Verizon. The Linksys router has the Ip settings from the ISP. Would the Netgear router need to have the same static Ip settings as well? The connection is as follows right now. DSL modem to Linksys routern and then from the Linksys router to the Netgear router. I would want both the routers to be in the 10.0.0.* subnet.

In My Honest Opinion, you have two routers too many. A NAT router separates a local network from a network it does not trust/share with. (often the internet) That is what they do, you sound as if you wish that was not a rule.What is the model and vendor of the DSL router?What do you hope to gain with the Linksys RVS4000?What do you hope to gain with the Netgear WGR614 v7?

Once we understand your objectives, we can suggest a topology that approaches the objective.

First off, you don't have them on the same subnet at this point, so I'm going to assume your subject means you want this to happen. I also assume you're using the word "router" loosely and want the Netgear to provide the actual routing in the network, and the Linksys to simply act as a DHCP server.

If so, you'll want the Netgear to be, say, 10.0.0.1/24. You'd then set the Linksys to be 10.0.0.2/24 and configure DHCP appropriately (with a default gateway of 10.0.0.1, pool of, say, 10.0.0.100-10.0.0.200, subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and DNS servers as appropriate).

As far as physical connections, you'd want your DSL modem to plug directly into the Netgear if you want your Netgear to be the router. You could then plug the Linksys into the Netgear assuming the Netgear has an integrated switch.

Really though, I doubt you want to do what you've said you want to do. Why doesn't the Netgear have a DHCP server built into it? Why use both devices?

One of the routers is wired gigabit, and the other is wireless. I'm going to guess this means that you want both gigabit ports and a wireless AP. I would suggest turning off any routing/NAT or DHCP in the Netgear router (especially the DHCP.. you can leave routing/NAT on and it'll be harmless, but DHCP *must* be turned off), giving it a static IP in the Linksys's subnet but outside of the range it's handing out (for example, if the Linksys is 10.0.0.1 and is handing out 10.0.0.100-254, set the Netgear's IP to 10.0.0.2), then connect a LAN port on the Linksys to a LAN port on the Netgear.

A side question, in case I presumed wrong: do you want two connections to the internet, one per router?